1. There will be *no* rhetorical analysis or comments due this week. Spend the extra time getting caught up on any assignments you may not have done or done half-heartedly.
2. Don't forget, your reflective, persuasive essay is due this by mid-night tonight. Use Google Docs to create it, and make sure to add me as a collaborator.
3.. We've spoken in class about how, at least in academic writing, one uses evidence to support claims and opinions.
As a way of helping you "get" how evidence works in the relationship between opinion and support, over the weekend, I thought I might ask you to explore this site:
http://www.exploratorium.edu/evidence/index.html
In particular, I want you to look at the link "Can you believe it?" Note the various questions scientists ask of scientific articles to find out if the evidence is worth anything. At the end of the discussion of questions, there's a link you can use to look at science articles collected for today's headlines. Look at one or two, and ask the questions suggested by the site. Decide if the claims are worth anything and, in particular, the evidence used to back up the claims.
Steve
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